Yes, it's actually NOT the end of the world. What am I talking about? I'm talking about when the boy or girl you thought the world of and would do anything for, just leaves. I'm talking about when they look you in the eye and tell you that what they feel for you is no more. I'm talking about all those unanswered texts and 'last seens' you've gotten.

"Easy for you to say, you don't understand what I'm going through."

Just because I don't talk about it doesn't mean that I can't empathize and feel with you. I damn well know what you're going through because once upon a time I went through it too. I know you're feeling like it's the end of the world and that you'd rather stay a hermit in the comforts of your duvet & the security of your poster-filled walls than go out and live your life. I know you're thinking that nothing can mend this broken heart, not even the most expensive new bags or the most sinfully delicious chocolate fudge ice cream. But here I am, telling you that it's alright to be feeling all of these. I'm 18 yes, I don't know shit about life and I haven't even started my life, yes. But who's to say I can't share what I do already know? :)

1. It's Okay Not To Be Okay
Go ahead, tweet emo lyrics and sappy Tumblr quotes all you want. Retweet from @LoveQuotes or @LoveAdvice. Reblog and reblog and reblog emotional Tumblr pictures if it makes you feel better. Save beautiful yet miserable pictures and quotes in your phone. Have a good cry. Eat lots and lots of ice cream but make sure to work it off later. Rant to your friends. Rant and rant and rant. Do whatever that will make you feel better, even if it's just temporary. But remember to pick yourself up after that. Remember to tell you that you're better and bigger and stronger than your sadness. It's totally okay to do all of these. Because I did just the same. People are gonna find you annoying on social media and people are gonna get tired of you going on and on about the same topic but this time, it's not about them. It's about you.

Believe it or not, when I went through a terrible breakup, these were some of the photos and quotes I saved and reblogged on Tumblr. They're beautiful quotes indeed, but looking back it makes me laugh at how unworthy I felt then and how much joy I feel now.

2. Be Occupied.
Go out a lot. Get involved in more activities in school/college. Take up a new hobby. Make new friends. Volunteer. Exercise. Meet new people. Do whatever it takes to keep your mind off it. Sure, at the end of the day when you're alone with your thoughts you'd probably catch a pang of sadness but at least the other 23 hours of the day were spent productively. The more things you're involved in, the less time you have to mope around and feel sorry for yourself. Sadness isn't beautiful at all, no matter what the media says. It's not beautiful and it's not glorious and there's no novelty in being sad. Rely a lot on your friends and your activities to get you through the day. Hold on to these, they will be your biggest support system. Never take your friends for granted, they will be your number one way to get through the day. For me, I busied myself with activities in school. I joined the concert and charity dinner committee. I made a whole lot of new friends that really took my mind off the sadness I felt. And I felt a whole lot better. I slowly got more attached to my friends and more detached to the person in mind.

3. Realize What Went WrongNever a failure, always a lesson. Always keep that in mind. Every failed encounter or wishes that never fell through, all of these account for a good life lesson. Think and process the breakup. Find out what you could have done differently or what the other person would've done in another circumstance. There's just so much you can learn from a breakup. At first, you might be blinded and/or in denial because how can someone so perfect do anything to you? This is the time where you'll realize that maybe you should learn to trust someone more, or that being overprotective or too lenient with someone can cause them to go astray, or that you should be slow to answer and quick to listen, or that maybe you or the other person shouldn't have told someone else about your problems as a couple. Analyze everything and you'll eventually find yourself being able to achieve closure, which will in turn make the moving on process an easier one.

4. Cold Turkey. Cold Turkey: The abrupt & complete cessation of taking a drug to which one is addicted. Most of the time, the other person can be referred to as our "drug" and it may be hard to adjust and accept the fact that you both don't share that special bond anymore. What happened to all those nights spent talking about your childhood, or your love for the same kind of music? One of the very best lessons I've learnt about getting over a breakup is to completely cut contact with the other person. No contact at all. Nada. None. Zilch. Zero. It may be hard but it's honestly the easiest way to get over someone and move on. So many of my friends can't move on from their past mainly because they'll randomly hit the other person to ask how they're doing, or because they still talk to their ex paramour. As long as contact is there, some kind of feeling will still be there. Cut them off from your life totally. Let yourself heal, give yourself a few weeks or months to rejuvenate yourself and once it gets easier, you can consider staying friends or cease to speak ever again.

5. Mr/Miss Right Is Just Around The Corner. Or Maybe Block. Or Maybe Continent.
Saw this quote on Twitter: "Be patient for your Mr Right. He's on the way, he doesn't have Waze." Found that quote quite witty and clever! Most of us are so caught up in trying to get over the other person that we get involved in rebound relationships, fling with other people, try to flirt with other people and spend time with people of the opposite sex but let me tell you it doesn't work that way. Your special someone is on their way, I promise. If you're a reader of my blog you're probably a peer, most probably in your teens. You have such a long way ahead in front of you to date and fall in love and find that special someone. Do not be desperate. You have to learn to be happy by yourself before you can be happy with someone else.

Do not settle for less. Do not be with someone who makes you feel less than ethereal. Do not be with someone who you like. Be with someone you love. I used to think that I would never find someone that would equal to the other person. But I learnt to be happy with myself and be happy being alone. I learned how to be content with being single because it honestly is really nice and carefree being single! You may think that your new love may never be the same but let me tell you, F Scott Fitzgerald once said, "There are all kinds of love in the world but never the same love twice." Prince/Princess Charming is coming. Don't go out looking for him/her. They'll fall right into your lap. You'll bump into them at a party or randomly strike up a conversation with them at a coffee shop without ever knowing that they're responsible for changing your life.

My new love makes me feel all sorts of emotions. He makes me feel like a princess, he makes me feel pampered and spoilt with his love which I've never felt before. He makes me want to strive to be a better person. He makes me take a step back and look at my life and see whether I'm happy with what I'm doing or becoming. He has a good relationship with my family and friends -- something my ex flame never had. He has goals in life. He's ready to take on the world. He has the perfect attitude. You just know that he'll always be there to stick it out with you. His shoulders are strong and secure enough to hold not only you but your future together with him. He made me love again when I thought it was impossible to love.

You have to kiss a couple of frogs before you meet your Prince Charming. ;)

New Insta-shop (Instagram shop) on the block guys, or shall I say, the instasphere? Instashops have been on the rise lately and they've been sprouting up like mushrooms.

I personally am very very picky when it comes to buying from Instagram shops. Firstly I have to look at the type of clothes they're selling. If they don't suit my style I won't follow or even buy from them. Secondly this is the most important to me: I have to look and consider the price. Since I'm familiar with Taobao I roughly know the cost prices of items and if the seller marks the items up too much, it's a turn off and I wouldn't buy from them either.

Lacey Daisy however, offers really affordable yet fashionable and trendy clothing! Lacey Daisy is founded and managed carefully by my friend Jeslyn and she was kind enough to sponsor me two items of clothing! Thanks, Jeslyn, if you're reading this.

What I love about Lacey Daisy?

1) This is so stupid but I love their name! Super adorable. If you know me, I'm OBSESSED with daisies. And I really like lace too! For me a shop name is really important and vital if you want to be remembered by your customers.

2) The price range is reasonable! Items range from RM20-RM70. The more expensive items are items that you can't find in JUST ANY shop. The rompers from here are really hard to find in other online shops or even physical shops.

3) They suit my style! Plus points for all the floral printed & chiffon items. I'm obsessed with floral prints and chiffon as I think floral prints are timeless & can never go out of style, and chiffon is just such a nice, comfortable lightweight material to wear! They also have items that suit the current trend such as Brandy Melville inspired bralettes!

4) Customer service. Really have to emphasize on this!! Jeslyn is a really really nice girl and her customer service and even the way she replies to customers' comments on the profile can even brighten your day if you've had a crappy one. I've had so many encounters with irresponsible and rude shop owners and it's such a turn off if the shop owner replies you rudely or with one word answers. If you're not nice to me what makes you think I wanna buy from you?

I think it's safe to say that I'm pretty sure all of you would like the variety of items Jeslyn offers in her shop! Here are a few of my favorites.

Sunflower/Swallow/Daisy/Floral Printed Rompers

(RM65-68)

Take a look into my Taobao shopping cart and you'll know that I'm obsessed with rompers. I was never really a fan of them cause I thought they looked weird but when I started seeing these kinds of pretty rompers in Singaporean blogshops, my mindset totally changed cause they're just so beautiful! I'm glad Lacey Daisy brought in rompers cause you know, Singaporean blogshops are based in Singapore and it's expensive to get it from them.

Rachel Floral Off-Shoulder Top

(RM37)

Been really into off the shoulder tops lately although I have yet to own any!

I think that these kinds of tops exude classiness and sexiness at the same time. You can look decent but at the same time show off your shoulders which I find really sexy in a subtle way!

Bella Floral Daisy Top

(RM35)

Chiffon Cross Back Floral Tops

(RM33)

Need I say more? These tops just scream "Cam!!!" all over. Love how cute the floral prints are and how easy it is to pair. The Bella top comes in black and white, pair it with a black skirt or black high waisted jeans, throw on some nice earrings and shoes and you're good to go!

Black Cross Back Bralette

(RM28)

Brandy Melville is all the rave in the US of A right now and almost every Youtube fashion/beauty guru owns something from Brandy. Their bralettes are especially popular. Unfortunately it would cost a bomb to buy from the website what with all the conversion rates, shipping fees and what not. Fret not because Lacey Daisy offers this inspired bralette for a much cheaper price at RM28 only!

Belinda Bird Print Kimono

(RM65)

Kimonos have been really popular lately. I love kimonos because you can wear something really plain underneath and just throw on a kimono and boom, you automatically look like you actually tried really hard for your outfit when in reality you just put on a kimono on top of your hobo clothes. I also love how Japanese-y they look!

Check out these two babies Jeslyn sponsored to me!

TOTALLY IN LOVE with the one on the left, I really adore the floral prints and the color combination. It just looks like a piece of art you can wear! And there are cut outs at the back of the top too. Loving the mint chiffon top on the right too, I find mint such an adorable girly color and I can really wear it with anything and everything I want! Not only that, the quality is extremely good and durable as well!

Camillia's Lookbook hahahahaha

If you're curious to know how I would style the pieces that I like, here's an idea of what I would wear and match them with!

White converse shoes literally go with anything. Pair these Chuck Taylors together with the Emily sunflower romper and a backpack filled with your essentials and you're good to go out for a road trip with your friends!

Rachel Floral Off Shoulder top paired with white skorts, Zara inspired minimalistic heels and a nice black bag. This look is really classy and abit more dressy/formal. Perfect for more formal events like a nice dinner with your friends/boyfriend!

The Alice Floral Romper is really gorgeous and girly, and what better way to enhance the girliness than with a pair of heels? I paired some white cork wedges together with the romper and if you wanna cover up a little more you can always wear a black blazer on top to look more put together!

You definitely wanna show off this cute bralette so I paired it with a low back dress. Number one you don't look so obscene and number two you get to show the world that you have such a cool looking bralette! And for this look I'd personally wear it with sandals or slippers just cause I like the way it looks hahaha!

Here's something really formal and classy. I don't think I can pull this look off but I like the overall way I styled it. Wear a black (or whatever solid plain color) jumpsuit together with the Belinda Bird Kimono, add a pair of heels and a statement necklace and you're on your way to being the style talk of the town!

It's back to college for me and work is piling up almost as quickly as you can say "Screw A-levels". It has been the same old boring routine every day: wake up, go to college, come back, study, sleep. I haven't been up to much these past few weeks and haven't been taking as many photos of food and outfits as I'd like to for food review and fashion blog posts and therefore I apologize for that. Please let me know in my ask.fm what you'd like me to blog about!

This is just a little photo diary of my shenanigans! And even though a picture already says a thousand words I thought it'd be nice to add some details about what I've been up to.

Enjoy!

Mikey's Original New York Pizza

Jalan Telawi, Bangsar

I personally don't favor pizza and I only eat it if I have no choice (I bet you guys are groaning and wondering how can anyone dislike pizza). However when I went to this pizzeria in the middle of Jalan Telawi 2 with Dee, I had THE most amazing pizza experience of my life, ever.

The pizzas here are huge, the slices are literally bigger than my face! And they're priced around RM10 or so for a slice of pizza. Honestly it's not that worth it as RM10 can actually buy you a proper meal somewhere else (2 chapfans, 1 katsu-don, 10 packet nasi lemaks, 2 wan tan mees/chicken rices... holy shit I'm such a cheapo lol) but it's really worth it if you want to just try it out!

We had the BBQ pizza which was amazeballs and something else sorry I can't remember what it was!, buffalo wings and waffle fries which is practically fried potato shaped into a waffle! Super cute. Shared the food among 6 of us, Dee and her relatives. I highly recommend coming here as a group for food tasting and not for a whole meal if you just wanna try everything, split the bill among yourselves and not spend a bomb! They have other restaurants in Bangsar for that :P

Aquaria, KLCC

Always wanted to go for an aquarium date with the boyfriend after seeing this picture on Twitter

Yeah it's from one of those bucket list accounts and some of the ideas on the accounts are actually really cool. The last time I was at an aquarium was when I was 10 and that was in SEA Aquarium in Resort World Sentosa, Singapore. 8 years ago!! I'm not a super big fan of marine life but I thought it would be a good experience for us. The fare for Aquaria is priced at RM40 with MyKAD. Aquaria is located at the actual convention centre and not the shopping mall so we had to walk quite a distance to get there. Bloody expensive but then again, how often do you want to come to an aquarium right?

The first thing you'll see when you step through the entrance barriers of Aquaria is a whole tank filled with pirahnas. Tim and I were really fascinated until we found out that the Aquaria staff had removed all their teeth (or else they'll end up eating each other then no more pirahnas left lol). You can actually watch the staff go in and feed the sea animals at certain times! There's also a 'touch pool' where they let you touch certain sea animals like starfishes, little guppy fishes and sea urchins. The last part of Aquaria is this little tunnel thing where you step on a travellator and basically get to see all the cool animals like sharks and turtles and huge ass fishes!

Yeah that's a shark wtf. So cool!

City girl like me, I've never seen a turtle in real life until now.
Couldn't believe it was THIS huge.

Inside this tank there's another huge ass fish which we didn't manage to get a good picture of

but it was freaking huge. Easily twice of me if I lay down flat.

FeekaJalan Mesui, Changkat Bukit Bintang

I love going to the city! There's always something very exciting and it's probably the novelty of being in the heart of the city. Dee and I have planned for literally AGES to hit up this quaint little cafe called Feeka. I'm sure some of you have heard of Feeka! It's just a small little house-turned-cafe located along Jalan Mesui. It's so small that if you blink you might just miss it.

Really enjoyed the whole experience of Feeka. The architecture and the interior design was so pretty and there was a really cool mural on the wall!

As usual, coffees priced around RM10 or so. Dee had the All-Day Breakfast (RM20) and I had the Lavender Pound Cake (RM11). The Lavender cake was really really good albeit a little sweet. It was also bigger than the usual cafe portions so it was quite worth it!

Changkat in the daytime is really nice to take pictures at. Contrary to popular belief hahaha, Changkat is actually really peaceful and chill in the afternoon! It's only at night that they transform into a nightlife hub and the main place people hit up to party in KL. :)

We're not being antisocial, we were just posing with our phones cos we didn't know how else to pose hahahahhahaa.

Vertigo, The Gardens

Mid Valley City

Last chance to club at Vertigo as it's closing down for renovations or something. Honestly Vertigo hasn't been very popular ever since Play opened anyway. Celebrated Shaun Chen's 18th birthday there and what can I say? It was a shit clubbing experience mainly because of the music (I'm very particular about edm music and I feel you really need skills to come up with a nice mix not just play around with the settings and frankly the DJ was shit because who the hell plays 22 by TSwift, Taxi Taxi and Gentleman at a club?) but the company made it good! :)

6th Month Dinner Muugu, Jalan Jati, Bukit Bintang

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38, Grand Hyatt, Jalan Pinang, Bukit Bintang

Boyfriend really went all out and splurged for our 6th month celebratory dinner! Apparently he heard about Muugu from our friend Brandon and he brought me there to check it out! I literally had no idea where we were going cause I was blindfolded the whole 30 minutes of the car ride. Let me tell you that was one scary car ride!! I didn't take any photos of the place but it's really, really nice and cosy yet formal. Muugu is seriously underrated as they serve really good food for really reasonable prices! We had a Cream of Mushroom Soup and Garlic Bread for starters and they were priced at RM8 each if I'm not mistaken. Tim and I both had Fish & Chips and Fettucine Carbonara respectively at RM19 each only!! Super worth it.

What he really splurged on was dessert at 38, Grand Hyatt. 38 is wonderful for photos in the day time but not so much at night. The last time I was there with Dee we took really nice photos as the windows are literally full length floor-to-ceiling panelled glass. At night however it's very dim, romantic and sexy and they had a live band playing. Not so great for photos. The view at night is WAY better than in the daytime though, the whole of KL was lit up in all its electrical splendour for us to enjoy! Had the 38 signature cake and some ice cream for dessert. Sadly the 38 cake wasn't as good as the first time I tried it but Tim and I still had a great time enjoying each other's company. I honestly could not ask for anyone better to call mine and go through every single day with so if you're reading this Tim, I love you to the moon and back. :)

ABOUT

Camillia Lim, 21, Kuala Lumpur.

Your not-so-average girl next door with big city dreams whose tomboy side emerges way too often. An aspiring PR exec/journalist. Thought-provoking conversations, future bass, hip-hop & R&B, taking nice photographs, discovering more about people, a palate for good (& preferably cheap!) food, a productive sweat sesh, jetsetting all over the world, and scoring steals on clothes makes me happy. I spend way too much time laughing at memes to myself than I should. I don't think a small column like this is enough to get to know me so why don't you read on!